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- Intuitive usability is important for customers of complex medical devices. It is difficult for the manufacturer to differentiate basic technologies purely by technologies. The number of devices in hospitals is growing continuously so that increasingly less time remains to train users. Furthermore, user interfaces become more complex as the number of features and applications increases.
- Device and user interface prototypes are generated and tested with carefully selected trial customers. This procedure is disadvantageous in that the selected customers are often not representative because they indicate a high affinity (i.e., have a close relationship) to the manufacturer and are already accustomed to the manufacturer's systems.
- the present embodiments may obviate one or more of the problems or drawbacks inherent in the related art. It is the object of the invention to improve this situation.
- a method for remotely controlling and supporting complex devices is extended to such a degree that the interactions implemented during the session are archived separately in a database.
- the database is accessible to the manufacturer of the system and is used to identify typical user errors or problems.
- a system and/or method may be used to collect representative data, which relates to problem situations, during operation of the software.
- the support is extended such that during the session, data relating to the behavior of a local user and supporter is recorded and written into a database.
- the database is finally evaluated by the manufacturer of the device.
- the coordinates of the mouse pointer and the “clicking” user may be stored.
- the selected menu item may be stored with each selection of a menu item.
- the name of the application may be stored with each start of an application.
- a film may be recorded, and subsequently evaluated automatically, for example, by the mouse pointer being identified and the coordinates being written into the database.
- the database is in this case accessible to the manufacturer of the system and detects a plurality (e.g., ranging from hundreds to thousands) of support sessions and users.
- the database is subsequently analyzed in order to identify frequent patterns.
- the patterns may be screen areas (e.g., coordinate ranges), which are particularly frequently “clicked” during the support session.
- the information is then used to identify user problems in this region and to take them into consideration during additional product development.
- an evaluation indicates that in the case of a large number of support sessions, the supporter clicks into a certain area on the screen, at which a push button is located in order to carry out a certain setting. It is possible to conclude herefrom that these settings form the object of the support requests and require improvement.
- the stored actions may be stored without context-sensitive or customer-specific data, e.g. patient data, by only the coordinates of the mouse click and not the screen contents being stored, and/or the displayed screen contents are deleted again after evaluation.
- the recordings can be anonymized, with respect to the customer, in order to take account data protection issues. The data determined is used to assess the development efficiency (e.g. by the number of support actions for a sub application being evaluated before and after a further development).
- the invention is advantageous in that the manufacturer of the information technology (IT) system obtains statistically significant data relating to typical user problems and is able to take account the data in the development and to use the development resources in a targeted fashion.
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- FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of an information technology system
- FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of improving the development of a user interface.
- FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of an information technology system 10 .
- the system includes a control unit 12 and a database 14 .
- a user may use the control unit 12 to operate a remote maintenance function of a user interface to allow a technician to take control of a data transmission connection during operation.
- the control unit 12 may record interactions implemented during the use of the remote maintenance function.
- the control unit 12 may store the interactions in the database 14 of the manufacturer of the IT system.
- the control unit 12 may evaluate the recorded interactions in order to derive indications of an improvement in the user interface.
- FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of a method 20 of improving the development of a user interface.
- the method may include using a remote maintenance function by a user of a user interface in order to allow a technician to take control of a data transmission connection during operation (act 22 ), recording interactions implemented during the use of the remote maintenance function in a database of the manufacturer of the IT system (act 24 ) and evaluating the recorded interactions by the manufacturer in order to derive t indications of an improvement in the user interface using the recorded data (act 26 ).
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- The present patent document claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/090,914, which was filed Aug. 22, 2008, and is incorporated by reference.
- Intuitive usability is important for customers of complex medical devices. It is difficult for the manufacturer to differentiate basic technologies purely by technologies. The number of devices in hospitals is growing continuously so that increasingly less time remains to train users. Furthermore, user interfaces become more complex as the number of features and applications increases.
- This is particularly noticeable within the field of medical imaging devices. “Traditional” film-based x-ray devices had very few adjustment possibilities. However, nowadays, digital, computer-controlled devices, which offer very complex adjustment possibilities, are standard. It is difficult for manufacturers to optimize the operability since there is a lack of corresponding information for the developer. Operating errors are not detected by the manufacturer and adjustments to the device, which could in future prevent operating errors, do not take place. With other products outside the field of medicine, the problem of the ever increasing complexity of the user interfaces is apparent. It is also difficult for the manufacturer to optimize the usability of the user interfaces since an information flow based on the general usability seldom takes place, with mainly the acute problems being discussed and solved.
- Device and user interface prototypes are generated and tested with carefully selected trial customers. This procedure is disadvantageous in that the selected customers are often not representative because they indicate a high affinity (i.e., have a close relationship) to the manufacturer and are already accustomed to the manufacturer's systems.
- The present embodiments may obviate one or more of the problems or drawbacks inherent in the related art. It is the object of the invention to improve this situation.
- In one embodiment, a method for remotely controlling and supporting complex devices, e.g. medical devices with a user interface, is extended to such a degree that the interactions implemented during the session are archived separately in a database. The database is accessible to the manufacturer of the system and is used to identify typical user errors or problems. A system and/or method may be used to collect representative data, which relates to problem situations, during operation of the software.
- Functions relating to the remote control of medical systems may be used. One example is the product “syngo Expert” by Siemens. A user of a system is able to call a supporting technician (“supporter”) for help. Once a session has been started, both participants view the same screen content on their computer screens and both are able to control the system using a keyboard and mouse click. Some systems of this type offer the possibility of recording the session as “film”.
- The support is extended such that during the session, data relating to the behavior of a local user and supporter is recorded and written into a database. The database is finally evaluated by the manufacturer of the device. In one embodiment, with each mouse click, the coordinates of the mouse pointer and the “clicking” user may be stored. In another embodiment, the selected menu item may be stored with each selection of a menu item. In yet another embodiment, the name of the application may be stored with each start of an application. In yet another embodiment, a film may be recorded, and subsequently evaluated automatically, for example, by the mouse pointer being identified and the coordinates being written into the database.
- The database is in this case accessible to the manufacturer of the system and detects a plurality (e.g., ranging from hundreds to thousands) of support sessions and users. The database is subsequently analyzed in order to identify frequent patterns. The patterns may be screen areas (e.g., coordinate ranges), which are particularly frequently “clicked” during the support session. The information is then used to identify user problems in this region and to take them into consideration during additional product development.
- In one example, an evaluation indicates that in the case of a large number of support sessions, the supporter clicks into a certain area on the screen, at which a push button is located in order to carry out a certain setting. It is possible to conclude herefrom that these settings form the object of the support requests and require improvement.
- The stored actions may be stored without context-sensitive or customer-specific data, e.g. patient data, by only the coordinates of the mouse click and not the screen contents being stored, and/or the displayed screen contents are deleted again after evaluation. The recordings can be anonymized, with respect to the customer, in order to take account data protection issues. The data determined is used to assess the development efficiency (e.g. by the number of support actions for a sub application being evaluated before and after a further development).
- The invention is advantageous in that the manufacturer of the information technology (IT) system obtains statistically significant data relating to typical user problems and is able to take account the data in the development and to use the development resources in a targeted fashion.
- An additional advantage results compared with existing methods such as e.g. so-called “Focus Groups” in that the data determined relates to the overall installed base and is collected in a realistic user situation and not in a lab situation.
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FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of aninformation technology system 10. The system includes acontrol unit 12 and adatabase 14. A user may use thecontrol unit 12 to operate a remote maintenance function of a user interface to allow a technician to take control of a data transmission connection during operation. Thecontrol unit 12 may record interactions implemented during the use of the remote maintenance function. Thecontrol unit 12 may store the interactions in thedatabase 14 of the manufacturer of the IT system. Thecontrol unit 12 may evaluate the recorded interactions in order to derive indications of an improvement in the user interface. -
FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of amethod 20 of improving the development of a user interface. The method may include using a remote maintenance function by a user of a user interface in order to allow a technician to take control of a data transmission connection during operation (act 22), recording interactions implemented during the use of the remote maintenance function in a database of the manufacturer of the IT system (act 24) and evaluating the recorded interactions by the manufacturer in order to derive t indications of an improvement in the user interface using the recorded data (act 26). - Various embodiments described herein can be used alone or in combination with one another. The forgoing detailed description has described only a few of the many possible implementations of the present invention. For this reason, this detailed description is intended by way of illustration, and not by way of limitation. It is only the following claims, including all equivalents that are intended to define the scope of this invention.
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